TWI576127B - Injector, cartridge, light sensor and method for detecting injected dosage - Google Patents

Description

Syringe with injection dose detecting function, injection sputum, optical reading device and detection method

The invention relates to a syringe with an injection dose, an injection device, an optical reading device and a detection method, in particular to a syringe for obtaining an injection dose by reading a corresponding dose index by optically detecting a coding pattern, Injection sputum, optical reading device and detection method.

With the advent of an aging society, the number of patients with chronic diseases is increasing. Many patients with chronic diseases need to inject their own medical products on a daily basis. For example, diabetic patients need to apply appropriate doses of insulin. The self-injection medical device can be divided into a general injection syringe or an insulin pen type syringe. Generally, the injection syringe sucks an appropriate amount of glass bottled insulin and then performs the injection. The operation steps are complicated. In contrast, the insulin pen type syringe only needs to be insulin-inserted. Installed into the syringe, the injection dose can be adjusted through the syringe structure, which is not only easy to operate but also convenient to carry.

In terms of insulin efficacy, it can be divided into a quick-acting type and a long-acting type, which are respectively suitable for adjusting the rapid rise of blood sugar after a meal and continuously adjusting the basic blood sugar balance in the body. However, the conventional insulin pen type syringe cannot handle the insulin card. Type, installation error card, the type of insulin that caused the wrong injection. In addition, diabetic patients are mostly distributed in the high age group and are prone to poor eyesight. When adjusting the injection dose through a rotary pen type syringe, the injection scale may be misjudged due to poor eyesight of the patient. Injection of the wrong dose of insulin, and the conventional pen-type syringe is mostly mechanical, without the function of accessing the injection record, the patient forgets the dose and time period of the previous injection, can not effectively control the course of treatment and lead to the deterioration of the condition.

Therefore, how to detect the type of injection and the injection dose in the syringe during use avoids artificial injection errors, and stores the relevant records of the injection to facilitate the patient and the physician to evaluate the condition of the disease in the future is a further improvement of the relevant manufacturers.

In order to improve the above-mentioned conventional deficiency, the present invention provides an injection sputum having a coded pattern printed on its surface instead of an index indicating the type of injected drug and the dose to be injected in order to interpret the injection scale.

The invention provides a syringe with a function of detecting an injection dose, which can recognize the coding pattern and read the injection dose index to obtain an accurate injection result.

The invention provides a detection method with a function of detecting an injection dose, which can obtain an injection result by detecting a visually negligible coding pattern to read a corresponding injection index information, and can store or transmit the injection result.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a syringe having a function of detecting an injection dose, comprising: a housing; an injection port for storing an injection fluid, detachably assembled in the housing; a coding pattern, a dose index indicating the injection fluid; a driving mechanism coupled to the housing for driving the injection fluid in the injection chamber to discharge; An optical module for detecting a code pattern to generate a detection signal; and a processing module coupled to the optical module, identifying the code pattern according to the detection signal, reading the dose index to obtain a phase The corresponding injection dose.

The injection cassette includes an injection scale disposed at a corresponding position of the code pattern, the injection scale having visual displayability, and the code pattern has visual neglect.

In an embodiment of the invention, the code pattern may be an optical read information hiding technique (DHRT). In an embodiment of the invention, the code pattern may be a dot matrix arrangement pattern, and the information is represented by the position of each point. In an embodiment of the invention, the code pattern can be printed from a carbonaceous material.

In an embodiment of the invention, the code pattern may be disposed on the surface of the injection file.

In an embodiment of the invention, the syringe may further include an adjusting member coupled to the driving mechanism for adjusting a volume of the injection fluid, and the code pattern is disposed on the surface of the adjusting member.

In an embodiment of the invention, the syringe may further include an injection container disposed in the housing and configured to assemble the injection cassette, and the coding pattern is disposed on the surface of the injection container.

In an embodiment of the invention, the optical module can be built-in or external. In an embodiment of the invention, the optical module can be an infrared optical module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the optical module can include a light emitting unit coupled to the processing module, and emit a first light to the encoded pattern according to a control signal generated by the processing module; and a photosensitive unit And coupling the processing module to reflect or scatter according to the coding pattern The second light generates an electronic signal, wherein the processing module identifies the encoded pattern according to the electronic signal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the injector may further include a memory coupled to the processing module, the memory for storing the dose index corresponding to the code pattern and/or recording an injection related of the syringe News.

In an embodiment of the invention, the injector may further include a transmission module coupled to the processing module, and the transmission module is configured to transmit an injection related information of the injector.

In an embodiment of the invention, the injector may further include a display module coupled to the processing module, the display module for displaying an injection related information.

From another point of view, the present invention provides a method for detecting an injected dose, comprising: providing an injection cartridge in a syringe, the injection cartridge comprising an injection scale having visual display, the syringe comprising an optical module; Adjusting the syringe; detecting a code pattern with visual neglect by the optical module to generate a detection signal; and identifying the code pattern according to the detection signal, reading a dose index to obtain an injection result; The injection scale is set at a corresponding position of the code pattern.

In an embodiment of the invention, the method may further comprise storing the injection result, displaying the injection result, transmitting the injection result, or any combination of the above.

From another point of view, the present invention provides an injection sputum suitable for use in a medical injector comprising: a body, comprising an injection fluid, stored in the body; a piston portion disposed at one end of the body for adjusting an injection space in the body; and a puncture portion disposed at the other end of the body for Providing a puncture needle to discharge the injection fluid from the body; and a coding pattern having visual neglect, disposed on a surface of the body for indicating a dose index of the injection fluid; and an injection scale having visual displayability, a corresponding position of the code pattern; wherein the medical injector drives the piston portion to flow the injection fluid from the puncture portion, and detects the code pattern to generate a detection signal, and identifies the code pattern according to the detection signal. The dose index is read to obtain a corresponding injected dose.

In an embodiment of the invention, the injection file may further include an injection scale disposed on a surface of the body to indicate a volume of the injection fluid, and the position of the injection scale corresponds to a position of the code pattern.

In an embodiment of the invention, the code pattern may be an optical read information hiding technique (DHRT). In an embodiment of the invention, the code pattern may be a dot matrix arrangement pattern, and the information is represented by the position of each point. In an embodiment of the invention, the code pattern can be printed from a carbonaceous material.

From another point of view, the present invention provides an optical reading device for reading a dose of a medical syringe, comprising: an optical module for detecting a code pattern to generate a detection signal, and the code pattern a dose index for indicating an injection fluid in the medical injector, wherein the code pattern has visual neglect; and a processing module coupled to the optical module, identifying the code pattern according to the detection signal, and reading the code The dose index is used to obtain the corresponding injected dose.

Based on the above, the technical means provided by the present invention can detect the injected dose by detecting the visually negligible coding pattern to read the corresponding injection index, and further improve the injection result through the optical interpretation of the artificial interpretation of the injection scale. Sex, and the results of the injection can be stored or transmitted to a computer or network database, so that physicians and patients can effectively control the treatment, providing a long-term complete record to promote stable disease.

The above described features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description.

(10)‧‧‧Syringe

(110, 110a, 110b, 110c) ‧‧‧shell

(120) ‧ ‧ injection 匣

(121)‧‧‧Ontology

(1211)‧‧‧Piston Department

(1212)‧‧‧Puncture Department

(130)‧‧‧ drive mechanism

(131)‧‧‧Put

(132, 132a) ‧‧‧ linkages

(133, 133a) ‧‧‧ clutches

(140)‧‧‧Optical modules

(141)‧‧‧Lighting unit

(1411)‧‧‧First light

(1412) ‧‧‧second light

(142)‧‧‧Photosensitive unit

(150) ‧‧‧Processing Module

(160) ‧‧‧Injection of capacitive parts

(161) ‧‧‧Assembly Department

(170)‧‧‧Adjustment

(171)‧‧‧Thread structure

(180)‧‧‧ memory

(190)‧‧‧Transmission module

(200)‧‧‧ display module

(1213)‧‧‧Puncture needle

(122)‧‧‧Coded pattern

(221, 221a) ‧ ‧ white areas

(222, 222a, 222b) ‧ ‧ gray areas

(223) ‧ ‧ bit array

S601~S606‧‧‧Detection injection dosage method flow

Figure A is a side perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a syringe in accordance with the present invention.

The first figure B is a rear view of the first diagram A.

The first figure C is a front view of the first figure A.

Figure 2A is an exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a syringe in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2B is a functional block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a syringe in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 3A is a schematic illustration of a preferred embodiment of an injection cartridge provided with a coded pattern and an injection scale in accordance with the present invention.

The third diagram B is a partial enlarged view of the third diagram A.

4A, 4C, and 4F are preferred embodiments of a coding pattern in accordance with the present invention schematic diagram.

The fourth figure B is a schematic diagram of converting the code pattern according to the fourth figure A into a bit array.

Figure 5A is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of an injection cartridge, an injection container, and an adjustment member in accordance with the present invention.

The fifth drawing B is another perspective view of the fifth drawing A.

Figure 6 is a block diagram of a method of detecting an injection dose in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Noun definition

Injection result

The "injection result" as used in the present invention refers to an injection record produced by the syringe of the present invention for injecting a medicine, preferably, the type of the injected medicine, the injection volume, the injection dose, the injection date or the injection time, but The invention is not limited to this.

Injection related information

The "injection-related information" as used in the present invention refers to the information provided by the syringe provided by the present invention for the user to know, preferably, the date, time, battery power, injection procedure, and operation error set for the syringe. The volume of the remaining injection fluid or the result of the injection is injected, but the invention is not limited thereto.

The above-mentioned conventional insulin pen type syringe cannot confirm whether the type of the injection cassette is correctly installed, and the user may judge the error when the user recognizes the appearance of the injection scale, resulting in the injection of the wrong medicine dose, which may cause a risk to the user's condition.

In contrast, embodiments of the present invention utilize detection of coded patterns that are visually negligible Read the corresponding injection index to obtain accurate injection information, reduce the risk of human error, or use the visual display of the injection scale to increase the confidence of the injection volume, and store the injection results, retaining the complete course of treatment Record. The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which FIG.

Figure A is a side perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a syringe in accordance with the present invention. The first figure B is a rear view of the first diagram A. The first figure C is a front view of the first figure A. Figure 2A is an exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a syringe in accordance with the present invention. Figure 2B is a functional block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a syringe in accordance with the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1A to FIG.BB together, in the present embodiment, the present invention provides a syringe (10) having a function of detecting an injection dose for injecting an injection fluid into a living body. Preferably, the detection of the injected dose may be based on the user setting the injection dose of the syringe (10) or the injection dose of the injection fluid injected into the user. Preferably, the syringe (10) can be a pen-type injector, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the syringe can also be square, round, or other solid shape. Further, preferably, the syringe is a medical syringe, and more preferably, the syringe is an insulin syringe.

The syringe (10) includes a housing (110), an injection port (120), a driving mechanism (130), an optical module (140), and a processing module (150). The housing (110) is not limited to a single component. Preferably, the housing includes a cover (110a), a first housing (110b) and a second housing (110c). 110a) for protecting the syringe (10) from being uncontaminated when not in use, the first housing (110b) being coupled to the injection port (120) and the drive mechanism (130), the second housing (110c) versus The driving mechanism (130) is connected, but the invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art can change the connection relationship between the housing and other structures according to the requirements thereof. Preferably, the housing (110) is made of opaque plastic. The material is made, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the housing (110) may be made of a metal material or other composite materials.

The injection sputum (120) is used for storing an injection fluid and is detachably assembled in the housing (110). Preferably, the injection flow system is insulin, growth hormone, low molecular weight liver sputum, blood coagulation factor, An analog, derivative or other drug of the above compound, but the invention is not limited thereto. More specifically, the injection sputum (120) stores a certain volume of the injection fluid, for example, 3 milliliters (ml), and the injection sputum (120) is installed in the housing of the syringe (10), and the user can The different injection dose requirements adjust the syringe (10) to set a single injection volume, such as 0.3 ml, preferably, the single injection volume is less than or equal to the quantitative volume stored within the injection volume (120). When the injection fluid in the injection sputum (120) is less than a single injection volume or has been used, the injection sputum (120) with insufficient injection fluid is removed from the syringe (10), and the complete quantitative injection fluid is reinstalled. The volume of the injection sputum (120) is continued for use in the syringe. Preferably, the injection sputum (120) is disposable and non-reusable. The injection enthalpy (120) will be further described below.

FIG. 3A is a schematic view showing a preferred embodiment of an injection cassette provided with a coding pattern and an injection scale according to the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a partial enlarged view of the third diagram A. Referring to FIG. 2 to FIG. 3B together, in a preferred embodiment, the injection cassette (120) includes a body (121) and a coding pattern (122), wherein the body (121) includes an injection. A fluid, a piston portion (1211) and a puncture portion (1212). Preferably, the body (121) may be made of a glass material, but the invention is not limited thereto. The injection fluid is stored in the body (121), and the piston portion (1211) is disposed on the body (121) One end is used to adjust the injection space in the body (121), more specifically, the piston portion (1211) can be driven by the driving mechanism (130) according to the user to set a single injection volume to generate translational axial movement. The injection space in the body (121) is compressed. Preferably, the piston portion (1211) is made of a rubber material, but the invention is not limited thereto. The puncture portion (1212) is disposed at the other end of the body (121) for discharging the injection fluid from the body (121), more specifically, the puncture portion (1212) includes a puncture needle (1213) The puncture needle (1213) can be mounted on the puncture portion (1212) to provide a flow passage for the injection fluid, and when the piston portion (1211) is pushed, the injection fluid is spatially compressed from the puncture needle (1213). The medicine is expelled and injected into the living body. Preferably, the puncture portion (1212) is made of a rubber material, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The code pattern (122) is disposed on a surface of the body (121) for indicating a dose index of the injection fluid. Preferably, the code pattern (122) is visually negligible and printed by ink. The code pattern is made on the surface of the body (121), but the invention is not limited thereto. More specifically, the code pattern (122) is a Data Hiding and Retrieving Technology (DHRT), and the injection dose information is designed into different coding patterns, and the coding pattern is identified by optical technology, and read. The injection information is obtained by the corresponding injection dose index to avoid artificially correcting the injection scale error and reducing the probability of injecting the wrong fluid dose. The design of the coding pattern (122) is detailed later.

The driving mechanism (130) is connected to the housing (110) for driving the injection fluid in the injection port (120). Preferably, the driving mechanism (130) can be composed of a plurality of components. Inside or outside the housing (110), such as a push rod (131), a linkage (132, 132a), a clutch member (133, 133a), an elastic member or a snap member, etc., for example, when the user applies a force One clutch In the case of the member (133), a push rod (131) is axially translated forwardly through a linkage (132a), and the injection port is driven by the other linkage member (132a) and a clutch member (133a) ( The piston portion (1211) of 120) discharges the injection fluid in the body (121), but the invention is not limited thereto. In other words, when the user applies the driving mechanism (130) outside the housing of the syringe (10), the driving force drives the driving mechanism (130) inside the housing to drive the injection through the mechanical structure.匣 (120), the injection fluid is discharged.

In the present embodiment, the optical module (140) is configured to detect the encoded pattern (122) to generate a detection signal. Preferably, the optical mode The group (140) is an infrared optical module, but the invention is not limited thereto. In addition, preferably, the optical module (140) is built-in or external. In other words, the optical module (140) can be built into the housing (110) of the syringe (10). Alternatively, it may be externally applied to the housing (110) of the syringe (10), and the position of the optical module (140) may be changed by those skilled in the art according to the needs thereof. In addition, in a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides an optical reading device for reading an injection dose of a medical injector, and more particularly, the optical reading device is independent of another device of the medical injector. The optical reading device includes an optical module and a processing module. Preferably, the optical reading device further includes, but is not limited to, a memory and a display module. Group or a transmission module. The optical module (140) will be further described below.

The optical module (140) includes a light emitting unit (141) and a light sensing unit (142). The light emitting unit (141) is coupled to the processing module (150), and emits a first light (1411) to the encoded pattern (122) according to a control signal generated by the processing module (150). Preferably, the light emitting unit (141) The light emitting unit (141) is a light emitting diode, and more preferably, the light emitting unit (141) is an infrared light emitting diode. The light single The element (142) is coupled to the processing module (150), and generates an electronic signal according to a second light (1412) reflected or scattered by the coded pattern (122). In other words, the photosensitive unit (142) is configured to detect The light is changed to form an optical image, and then converted into an electronic signal. Preferably, the second light (1412) can pass through a filter or a signal filter to remove part of the noise and then convert into an electronic signal. Preferably, the photosensitive unit (142) is an image sensing unit, such as a Charge-coupled Device (CCD) or a Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS), but the present invention Not limited to this. The material type of the code pattern and the optical characteristics will be further described below.

More specifically, the degree of absorption of the first light (1411) is changed by the printing material property of the code pattern (122), and the pattern of the code pattern (122) is presented through the second light (1412). Preferably, the code pattern (122) is printed from a carbonaceous material, for example, a black ink (Black) containing carbon in the four primary colors, since the infrared light is easily absorbed by the carbon black ink, and is not otherwise Cyan (Cyan, abbreviated as C), magenta (Magenta, abbreviated as M) or yellow (Yellow, abbreviated as Y) printing ink absorbs and penetrates, when the first light (1411) is illuminated, the infrared light is The coded pattern (122) absorbs and exhibits low brightness, and the non-coded pattern area is reflected or scattered to exhibit high brightness, and the difference in brightness allows the second light (1412) to exhibit the pattern of the coded pattern (122). However, the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, those skilled in the art may change the type of the light source of the light emitting unit (141) and the type of the printed material of the coded pattern (122) according to the needs thereof.

In the above embodiment, printing the code pattern (122) on the body (121) of the injection file (120) is only an alternative embodiment, and those skilled in the art can print other characters or patterns according to the requirements. On the body (121), for example, the type of the injected fluid, the concentration of the injected fluid, The use of the injection sputum, the brand of the injection sputum or the injection scale, etc., will not be repeated here, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and the coding pattern (122) and the injection scale will be further described below.

Referring to FIG. 2B and the third diagrams A and B, in the embodiment, the injection cassette (120) further includes an injection scale for indicating the volume of the injection fluid. Preferably, the volume The injection scale is a line scale of equal distances or a set of values of one-difference series, such as 0, 50, 100, 150, but the invention is not limited thereto. More specifically, the injection scale provides the user with a view of the volume of injection fluid remaining in the injection. The code pattern (122) is disposed at a corresponding position of the injection scale. Preferably, the code pattern (122) has visual neglect, and the injection scale has visual displayability. For example, the injection file (120) The length of the flat quantity is between 5 cm (cm) and 8 cm, preferably, the single code pattern area is less than 2 mm ² (mm ² ), and more preferably, the single code pattern area is 0.1 mm ² Between 2 mm ² , when the injection scale overlaps with the code pattern (122), the difference in print size allows the user to visually ignore or not recognize the code pattern (122), and the code pattern (122) is A background color is visually displayed only for the injection scale, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other words, preferably, the injection scale can be printed by printing CMY three colors in the four primary colors or a mixed color thereof, and the printing ink of the injection scale does not contain a carbon component, so when the optical module (140) When the code pattern (122) overlapping the injection scale is detected, the generated detection signal is not affected by the presence of the injection scale, but the invention is not limited thereto. It is worth mentioning that the detection signal of the code pattern (122) is not affected by the size or color of the injection scale, other printed characters and patterns printed on the body (121) of the injection cassette (120). The printed material using the coded pattern (122) differs from the optical characteristic detection.

In a preferred embodiment, the processing module (150) is coupled to the optical module (140), identifying the code pattern (122) according to the detection signal, reading the dose index to obtain a corresponding injection dose, preferably, the processing module (150) is a micro processor . More specifically, the processing module (150) sends the control signal to the optical module (140) according to the adjustment of the injector (10), so that the optical module (140) detects the coding pattern. (122) generating the detection signal, wherein the different coding patterns correspond to different dose indexes. Preferably, after the user sets or the injection is completed, the processing module (150) reads one according to the detection signal. The result of the single injection is output by the dose index corresponding to a single injection, and the design and dose index of the coding pattern (122) will be further described below.

4A, 4C, and 4F are schematic views of a preferred embodiment of a code pattern in accordance with the present invention. The fourth figure B is a schematic diagram of converting the code pattern according to the fourth figure A into a bit array. Referring to FIG. 4A and FIG. 14F together, in the embodiment, the code pattern (122) is a dot matrix arrangement pattern, and different messages are represented according to different dot composition positions, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, those skilled in the art can change the design of the encoded pattern (122) as desired. More specifically, the position of each dot according to the coding pattern represents a different dose index. For example, a single coding pattern may be composed of a four-by-four matrix, which is divided into a white area (221, 221a) and a gray area (222). , 222a, 222b), the dot arrangement in the white area (221, 221a) is used to indicate the type and concentration of the injection fluid, and the dot arrangement in the gray area (222, 222a, 222b) is used to indicate The volume of the injection fluid, as shown in Figure 4A, the dotted distribution of the white region (221) represents a fast-acting insulin at a concentration of 100 U/ml, in other words, the injection fluid contains 100 units of quick-acting per milliliter. Type insulin, and the dotted distribution of the gray area (222) represents a volume of the injection fluid of 0.3 ml, and for example, as shown in the fourth figure C, the gray area (222a) The dotted distribution represents a volume of the injection fluid of 0.6 ml. As shown in the fourth diagram D, the dotted distribution of the gray region (222b) represents a volume of the injection fluid of 0.9 ml, and for example, as shown in the fourth panel E, The dotted distribution of the white region (221a) represents long-acting insulin at a concentration of 200 U/ml, and the dotted distribution of the gray region (222) represents a volume of the injection fluid of 0.3 ml, as shown in the fourth panel F, the gray The dotted distribution of the region (222a) represents a volume of injection fluid of 0.6 ml, so each of the different coding patterns (122) can represent different injection doses.

When the optical module (140) detects the coded pattern (122), the coded pattern (122) is converted into a bit-element array (223), and the point-like presence in the area is regarded as "1", and the area is The dot-free presence is treated as "0" (as shown in FIG. 4B). When the processing module (150) receives the electronic signal, it searches for the dose index corresponding to the bit array (223). Preferably, the dose index is a corresponding unit or a comparison table, but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, the parameters in the dose index can be as follows:

According to the above, when the optical module (140) detects the code pattern (122) as shown in FIG. 4A, the injection dose can be obtained by injecting the dose of the quick-acting insulin 30U. News. In the above embodiments, the description of each parameter item and numerical value is only an optional embodiment, and those skilled in the art can change the numerical content or the number of parameter items of the dose index according to the needs thereof.

Referring to FIG. 2B, in a preferred embodiment, the syringe (10) further includes a memory (180) for storing the dose index corresponding to the code pattern (122) and/or recording the syringe. The information is injected, and the memory (180) is coupled to the processing module (150). More specifically, the memory (180) stores the dose index parameter as shown in Table 1. The processing module (150) can read the corresponding dose index from the memory (180), and additionally, when the user When the injection operation is performed using the syringe (10), the memory (180) can store the injection result of a single injection, or store a plurality of single injection results, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In a preferred embodiment, the syringe (10) further includes a display module (190) for displaying the state of the syringe (10), the state of the injection port (120), injection related information, or any of the above. The display module (190) is coupled to the processing module (150). More specifically, the display module (190) can receive information of the processing module (150), thereby expressing the date, time, battery power, injection program, operation error, and remaining in the injection port set by the injector (10). The information such as the volume of the injection fluid or the result of the injection is known to the user, but the invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the display module (190) can express the above information by using different interface modes such as sound, image, number, symbol or light number, but the invention is not limited thereto, for example, the display module (190) is For a liquid crystal screen, the result of the injection of a single injection is displayed, and the battery symbol is used to indicate the remaining power. For example, the display module (190) is a red light, and when it is lit or flashing, it indicates the remaining injection in the injection. The fluid is insufficient or used. For example, the display module (190) is a voice module, and the injected dose of a single injection is spoken by sound. It is worth mentioning that the display module (190) can be one or more interface shapes. The state expresses the above information. For example, the injected dose can be digitally displayed on the liquid crystal screen, and the value of the injected dose can be spoken through the voice at the same time.

In a preferred embodiment, the injector (10) further includes a transmission module (200) for transmitting injection related information of the syringe (10), and the transmission module (200) is coupled to the processing module. (150). More specifically, the transmission module (200) receives the information of the processing module (150), and then transmits the information to a computer, a portable smart device or the Internet, but the invention is not limited thereto. Preferably, the information may be the information expressed by the display module (190), or may be directly transmitted without being displayed through the display module (190). The transmission type of the transmission module (200) may be wired transmission or wireless transmission, and the types of wireless transmission may include, but are not limited to, Bluetooth, infrared transmission, Wi-Fi, regional network transmission, internet transmission, etc. Wireless transmission technology that is commonly known to researchers.

In the above embodiment, the code pattern (122) is printed on the body (121) of the injection file (120), which is merely an alternative embodiment. The code can be changed according to the needs of the person skilled in the art in the syringe. The position within (10), such as injection of a containment member (160) or adjustment member (170).

Figure 5A is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of an injection cartridge, an injection container, and an adjustment member in accordance with the present invention. The fifth drawing B is another perspective view of the fifth drawing A. Referring to the second figure A to the third figure B, the fifth figure A and the fifth figure B, in the embodiment, the syringe (10) further includes an injection container (160), the injection volume The housing (110) is coupled to the housing (110b) for providing an accommodation space for assembly of the injection cassette (120), and the surface of the injection container (160) includes a code pattern (122). Preferably, the injection container (160) is a cylindrical member with a hollow type in the middle for receiving the injection file (120), but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the injection volume (160) can be designed to conform to a receiving member corresponding to the shape of the injection file (120). In addition, preferably, the injection container (160) has an assembly portion (161) for detachable assembly to the housing (110b), and more preferably, the assembly portion (161) is a a threaded structure, in other words, the injection housing (160) is removed from the housing (110b) and loaded into the injection port (120), and the two are simultaneously assembled to the housing of the syringe (10) On the body (110b), the invention is not limited thereto. More specifically, the code pattern (122) is disposed on the surface of the injection container (160) instead of the surface of the injection port (120), when the user adjusts the injection of the syringe (10) At the dose, the optical module (140) detects the code pattern (122) on the injection container (160) to generate a detection signal, and reads the dose index according to the detection signal to obtain a corresponding Injection dose. In another preferred embodiment, the injection container (160) further includes an injection scale.

In a preferred embodiment, the syringe (10) further includes an adjusting member (170), the adjusting member (170) is coupled with the driving mechanism (130) for adjusting the volume of the injection fluid discharged, and the adjusting The surface of the piece (170) includes a coded pattern (122). Preferably, the adjusting member (170) has a threaded structure (171), and the threaded structure (171) is rotated to generate different degrees of axial translation, and the driving mechanism (130) is linked to adjust the injection port (120). The volume of the injection fluid is expelled internally, but the invention is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, those skilled in the art can vary the structure of the adjustment member (170), such as a gear or chain structure, as desired. More specifically, the code pattern (122) is disposed on the surface of the adjusting member (170) instead of the surface of the injection port (120), when the user adjusts the injection dose of the syringe (10), The optical module (140) detects the code pattern (122) on the adjustment member (170) to generate a detection signal, and reads a dose index according to the detection signal to obtain a corresponding injection dose. In another preferred embodiment, the adjusting member (170) further includes an injection engraving degree.

Figure 6 is a block diagram of a method of detecting an injection dose in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to the sixth figure, in the embodiment, first, in step S601, an injection port is provided. Preferably, the user can select an appropriate type of the injection port according to the needs thereof. In step S602, the injection cartridge is mounted in a syringe, and the syringe includes an optical module. Preferably, the injection cassette is mounted in an injection container of the syringe, and the optical module is preferably an infrared optical module, comprising an illumination unit and a photosensitive unit, the optical module Preferably, the syringe can be assembled in a built-in or plug-in configuration.

In step S603, the syringe is adjusted. Preferably, the syringe is adjusted to adjust the syringe according to an injection scale having visual display properties. More preferably, the visually indicative injection scale may be located on the surface of the injection cartridge or other position of the syringe, such as a Injection of a cosmetic or an adjustment member. More specifically, the user can perform the required dose adjustment for a single injection according to his or her needs. For example, the user can achieve the above purpose by rotating the adjustment member of the syringe.

In step S604, the optical module detects a code pattern with visual neglect to generate a detection signal. Preferably, the code pattern may be located on the surface of the injection file, the injection container or the adjustment member. In step S605, the code pattern is identified according to the detection signal, and a dose index is read to obtain an injection result. Preferably, the dose index is stored in a memory as a corresponding unit or a comparison table, and the dose index may include, but is not limited to, an injection fluid type, an injection fluid concentration, an injection fluid volume, or an injection dose.

In step S606, the injection result is displayed. Preferably, further comprising storing the The result of the injection and/or the result of the injection. Preferably, the result of the injection is displayed for the user to display before or after the injection. For example, on a display screen of the syringe, the single injection dose is 30 U, or the injection within the injection is displayed. The fluid has less than 30U of information. For another example, the date, time, and dose of the injection at the time of the user's injection are displayed.

In view of the above, when the user completes a single injection, or the injected dose displayed before the injection has not been the required single injection dose, it can be restarted from step S630. When the injection fluid in the injection sputum is insufficient or used, the injection sputum may be removed and restarted from step S610.

Although a possible type of syringe, injection port, optical reading device, and detection method having the function of detecting the injection dose has been delineated in the above embodiments, those skilled in the art should know that each manufacturer The design of the syringe, the injection port, the optical reading device, and the detecting method having the function of detecting the injected dose are different, and thus the application of the present invention is not limited to such a possible form. In other words, as long as the purpose of detecting the injected dose is obtained by using the optical detection coding pattern to read the corresponding dose index, it is in line with the spirit of the present invention. The following examples are presented to enable those of ordinary skill in the art to understand the invention and practice the invention.

In the above embodiment, the code pattern (122) is a dot matrix arrangement pattern, and different messages are represented according to different point composition positions, but it is only an optional embodiment. In other embodiments, those skilled in the art The marking shape or the arrangement shape of the coding pattern may be changed. For example, the coding pattern may be replaced by a line shape, and the arrangement shape may be a triangle or a diamond shape or a regular arrangement of a plurality of different indication shapes.

In the above embodiment, the code pattern (122) may be located on the surface of the injection file (120), the injection container (160) or the adjustment member (170). In addition, the injection file (120) and the injection container are placed. The surface of the piece (160) or the adjustment member (170) can also be printed with an injection scale, but it is merely an alternative embodiment. In other embodiments, the code pattern and the position of the injection scale can be set on the same component or on different components, and those skilled in the art can change the code pattern and the position of the injection scale in the syringe according to the needs of the person skilled in the art. For example, in the same syringe, the injection scale can be set on the surface of the injection volume, and the code pattern can be set on the surface of the injection file.

In summary, the present invention relates to a syringe, a syringe, and a detection method for detecting an injected dose, and obtains an accurate injection result by detecting a coded pattern to read a corresponding dose index, and optically interpreting the artificial injection. Interpreting the injection scale increases the credibility of the injection results. In addition, the preferred embodiment of the present invention may also have the following effects:

1. The injection file provided by the invention can simultaneously print coded patterns and other related text pattern information, thereby reducing manufacturing complexity and production cost.

2. The syringe and the injection sputum provided by the invention can read the corresponding dose index by detecting the coding pattern, thereby achieving the effect of identifying the injection type and the injection dose, and increasing the accuracy of the injection result.

3. The syringe provided by the present invention replaces the traditional manual interpretation scale through the optical interpretation coding pattern, thereby reducing the risk of human error interpretation, resulting in the risk of injecting the wrong dose.

4. The syringe provided by the invention not only has a visual display index for easy identification by the user, but also uses a coding pattern to recognize visually neglected reading. The dose index is double confirmed to increase the credibility of the injection results.

5. The syringe provided by the invention can simultaneously provide the user with multiple sensory information to receive the information of the injection result by different display interfaces, thereby reducing the risk of injection errors.

6. The syringe provided by the invention can store or transmit the injection result to a computer or network database, provide a complete treatment record, enable the physician to effectively control the patient's condition, or can directly or indirectly transmit to the portable smart device, providing far Parents grasp the patient's use.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make some changes and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

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(142)‧‧‧Photosensitive unit

(150) ‧‧‧Processing Module

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(190)‧‧‧Transmission module

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Claims (21)

A syringe having a function of detecting an injection dose, comprising: a casing; an injection port for storing an injection fluid, detachably assembled in the casing; and a coding pattern for indicating a dose of the injection fluid An indexing mechanism is coupled to the housing for driving the injection fluid in the injection chamber; an optical module for detecting the encoded pattern to generate a detection signal; and a processing module Coupling the optical module, identifying the code pattern according to the detection signal, reading the dose index to obtain a corresponding injection dose; wherein the injection file includes an injection scale, and is disposed at a corresponding position of the code pattern, the injection The scale has visual display and the coded pattern is visually negligible. The syringe of claim 1, wherein the code pattern is optical read information hiding technology (DHRT). The syringe according to claim 2, wherein the code pattern is a dot matrix arrangement pattern, and the position is represented by a position of each point. The syringe of claim 2, wherein the code pattern is printed from a carbonaceous material. The syringe of claim 1, wherein the code pattern is provided on the surface of the injection file. The syringe of claim 1, further comprising an adjusting member coupled to the driving mechanism for adjusting a volume discharged by the injection fluid, and the coding pattern is disposed on the surface of the adjusting member. The syringe of claim 1, further comprising an injection container disposed in the housing and configured to assemble the injection cassette, and the code pattern is disposed on the surface of the injection container. The syringe of claim 1, wherein the optical module is of built-in or external type. The syringe of claim 8, wherein the optical module is an infrared optical module. The syringe of claim 8, wherein the optical module includes a light emitting unit coupled to the processing module, and emits a first light to the encoded pattern according to a control signal generated by the processing module; And a light-sensing unit coupled to the processing module to generate an electronic signal according to the second light reflected or scattered by the coded pattern, wherein the processing module identifies the coded pattern according to the electronic signal. The syringe of any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising a memory coupled to the processing module, the memory for storing the dose index corresponding to the code pattern and/or recording the An injection of information about the syringe. The syringe of any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising a transmission module coupled to the processing module, the transmission module for transmitting an injection related information of the syringe. The syringe of any one of the preceding claims, further comprising a display module coupled to the processing module, the display module for displaying an injection related information. A method of detecting an injected dose, comprising: providing an injection into a syringe, the injection comprising an injection molding having visual display The syringe includes an optical module; the injector is adjusted; the optical module detects a code pattern with visual neglect to generate a detection signal; and the code pattern is recognized according to the detection signal, and the image is read. A dose index is obtained to obtain an injection result; wherein the injection scale is set at a corresponding position of the code pattern. The method of claim 14, further comprising storing the injection result, displaying the injection result, transmitting the injection result, or any combination of the above. An injection syringe is suitable for a medical syringe, comprising: a body comprising an injection fluid stored in the body; a piston portion disposed at one end of the body for adjusting an injection space in the body; a puncture portion disposed at the other end of the body for providing a puncture needle to discharge the injection fluid from the body; and a coding pattern having visual neglect, disposed on a surface of the body for indicating the injection a dose index of the fluid; an injection scale having a visual display, disposed at a corresponding position of the code pattern; wherein the medical injector drives the piston portion to flow the injection fluid from the puncture portion, and detecting the code pattern to generate A detection signal is obtained according to the detection signal, and the dose index is read to obtain a corresponding injection dose. The injection cassette of claim 16, further comprising an injection scale disposed on a surface of the body for indicating the volume of the injection fluid, and the position of the injection scale corresponds to the position of the code pattern. The injection cassette according to any one of claims 16 to 17, wherein the coding pattern is an optical reading information hiding technique (DHRT). For example, in the injection file described in claim 18, the code pattern is a dot matrix arrangement pattern, and the information is represented by the position of each point. The injection cassette of claim 18, wherein the code pattern is printed from a carbonaceous material. An optical reading device for reading a dose of a medical syringe, comprising: an optical module for detecting a code pattern to generate a detection signal, and the code pattern for indicating an injection fluid in the medical injector a dose index, wherein the code pattern has visual neglect; and a processing module coupled to the optical module, the code pattern is identified according to the detection signal, and the dose index is read to obtain a corresponding injection dose.